{"id":9214,"date":"2019-09-19T09:09:19","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T09:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=9214"},"modified":"2019-10-26T17:58:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T17:58:14","slug":"rapper-tekashi-6ix9ine-tells-how-he-was-kidnapped-at-gunpoint-beaten-and-robbed-by-a-fellow-nine-trey-gangsta-bloods-member-as-he-testifies-at-racketeering-trial-against-two-of-his-former-crew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2019\/09\/19\/rapper-tekashi-6ix9ine-tells-how-he-was-kidnapped-at-gunpoint-beaten-and-robbed-by-a-fellow-nine-trey-gangsta-bloods-member-as-he-testifies-at-racketeering-trial-against-two-of-his-former-crew\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine tells how he was kidnapped at gunpoint, beaten and robbed by a fellow Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods member as he testifies at racketeering trial AGAINST two of his former crew"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Tekashi 6ix9ine spilled a cache of damning details about his time in Nine Trey during his second day of testimony in the racketeering trial on Wednesday\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>He is testifying against Anthony &#8216;Harv&#8217; Ellison and Aljermiah &#8216;Nuke&#8217; Mack<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>The rapper accused Ellison of kidnapping him at gunpoint, beating him and robbing him in June 2018 after the pair had a falling out<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Tekashi also detailed several other violent incidents involving Ellison and Mack<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Among them was an April 2018 shooting involving the gang of rapper Casanova<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>The star witness also explained how the gang orchestrated an attack on another rival rapper, Trippie Redd, at his request<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Tekashi pleaded guilty in the case in February, admitting that he was in Nine Trey<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>He made a plea deal with prosecutors to avoid a 47-year prison sentence, agreeing to testify against his former confidantes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Ellison and Mack\u00a0have been described by prosecutors as high-ranking members of a gang that terrorized New York City streets with drug-dealing and gunfire\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tekashi 6ix9ine testified in court about how he was abducted at gunpoint last summer amid a dispute between rival factions of the violent street gang Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The account was among the cache of damning details he&#8217;s disclosed about his time in Nine Trey over two days of testimony in the racketeering trial against two alleged gangbangers &#8211; Anthony &#8216;Harv&#8217; Ellison and Aljermiah &#8216;Nuke&#8217; Mack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 23-year-old rapper took the stand on Wednesday and said that after Ellison and another armed man forced him into a stolen car, they beat him and drove him to his Brooklyn home. He claimed they stole a bag of his jewelry before releasing him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He detailed several other violent incidents involving Ellison and Mack, including a shooting in April 2018 with the gang of his rival, rapper Casanova.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tekashi also explained how the gang orchestrated an attack on another rival rapper, Trippie Redd, at his request.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ff8a2a989ca01efa\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/09\/17\/22\/18596910-7474689-image-a-5_1568755472928.jpg\" alt=\"Tekashi 6ix9ine has unleashed a cache of damning details about his time with the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods over two days of testimony in the racketeering trial against two alleged former members - Anthony 'Harv' Ellison and Aljermiah 'Nuke' Mack. Taking the stand Wednesday, the rapper describedhow he was abducted at gunpoint last summer amid a dispute between rival factions of the violent street gang. He is seen in a court sketch from Tuesday\" width=\"634\" height=\"405\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Tekashi 6ix9ine has unleashed a cache of damning details about his time with the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods over two days of testimony in the racketeering trial against two alleged former members &#8211; Anthony &#8216;Harv&#8217; Ellison and Aljermiah &#8216;Nuke&#8217; Mack. Taking the stand Wednesday, the rapper describedhow he was abducted at gunpoint last summer amid a dispute between rival factions of the violent street gang. He is seen in a court sketch from Tuesday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tekashi &#8211; born Daniel Hernandez &#8211; is no stranger to court rooms, having been in the defendant seat on several occasions in recent years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">This week he&#8217;s taken on a new role as the star witness in the government&#8217;s racketeering case against two members of his old crew.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The trial in Manhattan federal court kicked off on Monday with Tekashi taking the stand on Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He traded his usual loud outfits for a dark blue prison jumpsuit after the presiding judge issued a dress code.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">During Wednesday&#8217;s testimony\u00a0Tekashi explained how he bankrolled Nine Trey with his music and the gang repaid him in street credibility and hits on his rivals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He said the gang&#8217;s leaders &#8211; including Ellison and Mack &#8211; would take a significant portion of the money he earned on stage and use it to buy guns and to &#8216;keep [gang members] happy&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Asked what his former manager and Nine Trey kingpin Kifano &#8216;Shotti&#8217; Jordan did with the money, Tekashi said: &#8216;At first I didn&#8217;t ask any questions. Shotti was like, feed the wolves, feed the homies, support them.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tekashi publicly distanced himself from the gang days before he and alleged fellow members were arrested in November 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The rapper told the court that he cut a deal with prosecutors the day after his arrest, agreeing\u00a0to testify against his former confidantes in exchange for avoiding a 47-year prison sentence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Ellison and Mack have been described by prosecutors as high-ranking members of the gang that terrorized New York City streets with drug-dealing and gunfire.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-cbff2b1618d25a98\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/09\/17\/21\/18595230-7474689-image-m-28_1568752256191.jpg\" alt=\"Tekashi - born Daniel Hernandez - is no stranger to court rooms, having been in the defendant seat on several occasions in recent years. This week he's taken on a new role as the star witness in the government's racketeering case against two members of his old crew. Tekashi is seen above during a hearing in November 2018\" width=\"634\" height=\"542\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Tekashi &#8211; born Daniel Hernandez &#8211; is no stranger to court rooms, having been in the defendant seat on several occasions in recent years. This week he&#8217;s taken on a new role as the star witness in the government&#8217;s racketeering case against two members of his old crew. Tekashi is seen above during a hearing in November 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mol-img-group artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2ea2924538a8139d\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/09\/17\/21\/18595216-7474689-Tekashi_pleaded_guilty_in_the_racketeering_case_in_February_admi-a-29_1568752595471.jpg\" alt=\"Tekashi pleaded guilty in the racketeering case in February, admitting in court that he was a member of Nine Trey, a gang which he said engaged in 'shooting at people, robbing people and, at times, drug trafficking'\" width=\"634\" height=\"936\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Tekashi pleaded guilty in the racketeering case in February, admitting in court that he was a member of Nine Trey, a gang which he said engaged in &#8216;shooting at people, robbing people and, at times, drug trafficking&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">On day three of the trial, Tekashi said his relationship with the Nine Treys began to sour in March 2018 when he booked a show in Austin, Texas, without clearing it with Rap-A-Lot Records, which considers the state to be its home turf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He said Rap-A-Lot leaders retaliated by refusing to let him perform, causing him to lose out on around $15,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tekashi said the lost revenue caused contention between his manager Jordan and his bodyguard Ellison because the latter called the former a &#8216;pussy&#8217; for not standing up to Rap-A-Lot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tekashi ended up firing Ellison soon after, which prosecutors say led the defendant to carry out the alleged kidnapping.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The following month, Tekashi said, the Nine Treys decided to get revenge on Rap-A-Lot Records head James Prince when he visited the gang&#8217;s home turf in New York City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tekashi testified that Jordan and other gang members robbed Rap-A-Lot reps in the lobby of a building while the rapper waited in a car outside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Prosecutors showed the jury a video of the robbery recorded by Tekashi, along with surveillance footage from the building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The crew fled the scene of the robbery before Tekashi said Jordan got nervous and kicked him out of the car, forcing him to take the subway while he had a handgun in the hood of his sweatshirt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-fa82e11489a5ce2a\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/09\/18\/22\/18644116-7478771-image-a-61_1568842554427.jpg\" alt=\"Tekashi's former manager and Nine Trey kingpin Kifano 'Shotti' Jordan (above) was sentenced to 15 years in prison earlier this month after pleading guilty to an April 2018 shooting spree\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Tekashi&#8217;s former manager and Nine Trey kingpin Kifano &#8216;Shotti&#8217; Jordan (above) was sentenced to 15 years in prison earlier this month after pleading guilty to an April 2018 shooting spree<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tekashi also laid bare the bad blood between him and alleged rival gang member, rapper Trippie Redd, who he said was with the Five Nine Brims Bloods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tekashi said that he and Trippie were both signed by the same label and had collaborated on the track POLES1469 in 2017 but their personal relationship soon deteriorated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;There&#8217;s a lot of jealousy involved,&#8217; he said. &#8216;[Trippie] was signed first. I later on signed, a couple months after. We had a song together, it was successful. Then jealousy, we got into online disputes.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He said their rivalry turned violent after Trippie Redd&#8217;s manager reached out and said he wanted to &#8216;squash the beef&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;At the time I was very upset with him, he has already said a lot.\u00a0I told Shotti I wanted something done about Trippie,&#8217; Tekashi said, claiming that Jordan told him: &#8216;Say less, we&#8217;ll get on top of it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He said the gang went where Trippie was shooting a music video and then followed him back to his hotel, where they attacked Trippie while Tekashi sat in the car outside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Shotti comes back screaming: &#8220;It&#8217;s f**king Trey Way, I love me n****rs, we got that n****r.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tekashi said that Ellison had punched Trippie in the mouth. After that, Tekashi welcomed Ellison into his entourage as his bodyguard, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;After the incident with Trippie Redd I saw that Harv was more of a doer. He&#8217;s a big guy. I gave him the enforcer job,&#8217; Tekashi testified.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mol-img-group artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ba6de09a5f430535\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/09\/18\/22\/18644096-7478771-Tekashi_claimed_that_Nine_Trey_members_orchestrated_an_attack_on-a-64_1568842710738.jpg\" alt=\"Tekashi claimed that Nine Trey members orchestrated an attack on his rival, rapper Trippie Redd (above), at his request. He said Trippie was a member of another Bloods gang\" width=\"634\" height=\"860\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Tekashi claimed that Nine Trey members orchestrated an attack on his rival, rapper Trippie Redd (above), at his request. He said Trippie was a member of another Bloods gang<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He said in another incident Ellison defended him against another gang member, &#8216;Snow&#8217;, who had called Tekashi a &#8216;rainbow head piece of s**t&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">One month after that confrontation, Snow was shot dead, Tekashi said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The rapper was presented with photos and asked to identify several members of the gang, including Ellison, Mack and Jordan. He also named &#8216;Mel Murda&#8217;, Billy Ado and Seqo as Nine Trey members in his testimony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Earlier this month, Jordan was sentenced to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the April shooting spree.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Ellison is charged with kidnapping and robbing Tekashi in July 2018 and of assaulting a different Nine Trey member last fall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mack is charged with dealing heroin and MDMA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Both defendants have denied the charges, and an attorney for Ellison branded the alleged kidnapping a publicity stunt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"moduleFull mol-video\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div id=\"v-6487683411992622250\" class=\"vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"moduleFull mol-video\">\n<div class=\"item\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-33ef2debc4386dd2\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/02\/18\/05\/9944030-6716029-image-m-56_1550467068069.jpg\" alt=\"Known almost as much for his tattooed, rainbow-haired look as for his music, Brooklyn-born Tekashi was a social media phenomenon before becoming an ascendant name in hip-hop\" width=\"634\" height=\"874\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"overlay-icon mobile-gallery\">\n<div class=\"mobile-gallery-icon\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Known almost as much for his tattooed, rainbow-haired look as for his music, Brooklyn-born Tekashi was a social media phenomenon before becoming an ascendant name in hip-hop<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It&#8217;s unclear how much weight Tekashi&#8217;s testimony will have given his long rap sheet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He is currently being housed in a federal facility for his own safety and has been escorted into the courthouse through a secure tunnel, flanked by\u00a0US Marshals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Prosecutors have previously suggested that he could be moved into witness protection after his testimony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Known almost as much for his tattooed, rainbow-haired look as for his music, Brooklyn-born Tekashi was a social media phenomenon before becoming an ascendant name in hip-hop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He has 15.5 million followers on Instagram and his album Day69: Graduation Day was among the top-sellers on iTunes following its February release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tekashi had a multiplatinum hit song, &#8216;Fefe,&#8217; with Nicki Minaj, which peaked at number three on the pop charts, and &#8216;Stoopid,&#8217; featuring the incarcerated rapper Bobby Shmurda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">His drive for success has been studded by a series of run-ins with the law believed to have increased his notoriety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In May 2018 he pleaded guilty in Brooklyn to disorderly conduct in connection with a traffic stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In 2015, he was sentenced to probation for appearing in a video in which a 13-year-old girl performed a sex act on another man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In court proceedings, Tekashi has suggested that his brash stunts and penchant for violence &#8211; including his involvement in Nine Trey &#8211; were all part of his effort to bolster his &#8216;bad boy&#8217; public persona.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>source:dailymail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tekashi 6ix9ine spilled a cache of damning details about his time in Nine Trey during his second day of testimony in the racketeering trial on Wednesday\u00a0 He is testifying against Anthony &#8216;Harv&#8217; Ellison and Aljermiah &#8216;Nuke&#8217; Mack The rapper accused Ellison of kidnapping him at gunpoint, beating him and robbing him in June 2018 after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":9215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[11261,11974,7273,6975,5304,5356,12135,5878,13175,2157,7960,9784,9194,9331,7823,10507,11139,5262,6083,12785,10684,11273,6778,9127,11638,8088,2264,9997,9947,3722,8394,6654,12005,5205,6580,10388,1925,601,10342,10634,6220,12791,11237,5612,5058,12187,990,1670,1157,7968,6498,11973,6332,8306,4817,9028,428,1987,6431,8383,8459,12751,11307,7584,11259,1708,5349,11325,9030,7333,10841,6727,2153,9804,5355,5594,9313,11581,2156,6348,8033,3954,720,594],"class_list":["post-9214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-accused","tag-album","tag-anthony","tag-arrest","tag-attack","tag-austin","tag-bad-blood","tag-brooklyn","tag-car","tag-casanova","tag-case","tag-charged","tag-charges","tag-city","tag-code","tag-court","tag-courthouse","tag-cut","tag-dead","tag-dispute","tag-dress-code","tag-drug","tag-engaged","tag-february","tag-forced","tag-gangsta","tag-government","tag-guilty","tag-gunfire","tag-guns","tag-instagram","tag-jordan","tag-judge","tag-july","tag-jury","tag-kidnapped","tag-kidnapping","tag-kingpin","tag-law","tag-lost","tag-love","tag-manager","tag-manhattan","tag-money","tag-music","tag-n","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nicki-minaj","tag-nine","tag-nuke","tag-one","tag-online","tag-prison","tag-prison-sentence","tag-rap","tag-rapper","tag-rapper-tekashi-6ix9ine","tag-release","tag-revenue","tag-rivalry","tag-robbery","tag-sentence","tag-sex","tag-shot","tag-snow","tag-social-media","tag-street","tag-success","tag-summer","tag-surveillance","tag-tekashi","tag-tekashi-6ix9ine","tag-testify","tag-texas","tag-traffic","tag-trafficking","tag-trial","tag-trippie-redd","tag-us","tag-video","tag-will","tag-wolves","tag-who"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}